The Mummy's Foot

“The Mummy’s Foot” by Théophile Gautier

A man buys a mummy’s foot to use as a paperweight. That night he dreams that a beautiful Egyptian princess visits to ask for her foot back. This is another of Gautier’s “do I wake or do I dream” fantastic tales.

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(English) Gautier, Théophile. “The Mummy’s Foot.” One of Cleopatra’s Nights. Trans. Lafcadio Hearn. Wildside Press, 1999.

(French) Gautier, Théophile. “Le Pied de Momie. [The Mummy’s Foot]” Récits fantastiques. [Fantastic Tales]. Paris: Flammarion, 1981.